1999 Speedway World Team Cup
The 1999 Speedway World Team Cup was the 40th edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions.[1][2]
The final took place at the Svítkov Stadium in Pardubice in the Czech Republic. The winners were the Australia team who claimed their second title and first since winning the 1976 Speedway World Team Cup.[3][4][5]
Preliminary round
[edit]- 15 May
Veenord Speedway, Veenoord
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() Theo Pijper 13 Maik Groen 13 Jim Groen 8 Erik Eijbergen 7 Emiel Groen 1 | ![]() Toni Pilotto 15 Heinrich Schatzer 11 Helmut Lercher 7 Siegfried Eder 5 Thomas Stadler 0 | ![]() Zlatko Krznaric 19 Zeljko Feher 9 Renato Kuster 5 Tomislav Radic 3 | ![]() Vladimir Trofimov 13 Aleksander Liatosinsky 12 Vladimir Kolodij 2 |
Holland, Austria and Croatia to Quarter-Final
Quarter-final
[edit]- 22 May
Santa Marina Stadium, Lonigo
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() Jason Crump 17 Leigh Adams 15 Jason Lyons 12 Todd Wiltshire 11 | ![]() Armando Castagna 14 Andrea Maida 13 Stefano Alfonso 11 Graziano Franchetti 5 Simone Terenzani 4 | ![]() Matej Ferjan 12 Tomas Sustersic 7 Gerhard Lekse 5 Izak Šantej 4 | ![]() Helmut Lercher 4 Sigfried Eder 4 Thomas Stadler 2 Heinrich Schatzer 1 |
Australia to Semi-Final
- 24 May
Altes Stadion, Abensberg
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() Gerd Riss 16 Matthias Kröger 14 Joachim Kugelmann 14 Robert Barth 12 | ![]() Bent E. Larsen 12 Kenneth Borgenhaug 11 Björn Hansen 9 Kjell O. Sola 7 | ![]() Zlatko Krznaric 17 Renato Kuster 8 Zejliko Feher 4 Tomislav Radic 0 | ![]() Theo Pijper 10 Maik Groen 8 Jim Groen 1 Henk Bos 1 |
Germany to Semi-Final
Semi-final
[edit]- 15 August
Wimborne Road, Poole
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() 1.Chris Louis (3,3,2,2,2,3) - 15 2.Scott Nicholls (e,0,-,-,3,2) - 5 3.Joe Screen (2,1,3,3,2,3) - 14 4.Mark Loram (3,2,2,2,3,-) - 12 5.Carl Stonehewer (-,-,3,3,-,1) - 7 | ![]() 11.Hans Nielsen (3,3,3,1,3,1) - 14 12.John Jørgensen (2,0,1,3,2,0) - 8 13.Jesper B. Jensen (3,2,3,0,3,3) - 14 14.Brian Karger (1,1,2,1,2,2) - 9 15.Charlie Gjedde - NS | ![]() 6.Gerd Riss (2,3,1,2,f/x,-) - 8 7.Matthias Kröger (0,2,0,0,1,e) - 3 8.Robert Barth (2,3,2,1,1,3/2) - 14 9.Robbie Kessler (1,1,0,-,-,-) - 2 10.Joachim Kugelmann (-,-,-,3,f,0) - 3 | ![]() 16.Sándor Tihanyi (1,2,1,0,0,1) - 5 17.Zoltán Adorján (0,0,0,1,1,2) - 4 18.Róbert Nagy (1,0,0,0,0,1) - 2 19.Attila Stefáni (0,1,1,2,1,0) - 5 20. |
England to World Final
- 22 August
Alfred Smoczyk Stadium, Leszno
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() 1.Jason Crump (3,3,2,3,3,3) - 17 2.Jason Lyons (2,2,3,2,2,2) - 13 3.Leigh Adams (3,2,3,2,0,2) - 12 4.Ryan Sullivan (1,1,2,3,1,1) - 9 5.Todd Wiltshire - ns | ![]() 16.Roman Jankowski (2,2,-,-,1,-) - 5 17.Sławomir Drabik (0,3,3,0,-,-) - 6 18.Rafał Dobrucki (1,3,1,1,-,-) - 6 19.Piotr Protasiewicz (2,2,0,-,1,3/2)-11 20.Tomasz Gollob (-,-,2,1/3,3,3,e/3) - 15 | ![]() 11.Jimmy Nilsen - ns 12.Mikael Karlsson (e,0,3,3,2,1) - 9 13.Stefan Dannö (2,1,1,1,2,1) - 8 14.Peter Svensson (-,0,0,0,0,0) - 0 15.Henrik Gustafsson (3/3,3,e,e,-,-) - 9 | ![]() 6.Roman Povazhny (1,0,0,1,1,1) - 4 7.Sergey Darkin (0,1,1,2,-/1,2) - 7 8.Sergey Eroshin (1,0,-,-,0/-,-) - 11 9.Mikhail Starostin (0,-,1,0,-,0) - 11 10.Oleg Kurguskin (-,1,2,2,3,3) - 11 |
Australia to World Final
World final
[edit]- 2 October
Svítkov Stadium, Pardubice
First | Second | Third | Fourth |
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![]() 16.Jason Crump (3,1,3,3,0,3) - 13 17.Jason Lyons (0,2,2,2,2,2) - 10 18.Leigh Adams (1,3,1,3,3,3) - 14 19.Ryan Sullivan (3,2,3,2,2,-) - 12 20.Todd Wiltshire (-,-,-,-,-,2) - 2 | ![]() 11.Bohumil Brhel (-,3,1,0,2,3) - 9 12.Aleš Dryml Jr. (0,2,3,1,3,1) - 10 13.Antonín Šváb Jr. (f,-,-,-,-,e) - 0 14.Michal Makovský (2,1,1,2,1,1) - 8 15.Antonín Kasper Jr. (2,3,0,3,0,-) - 8 | ![]() 1.Sam Ermolenko (3,2,2,2,3/3,0) 16+3 2.Ronnie Correy (0,0,-,-,-,-) - 0 3.Greg Hancock (2,1,1,1/1,-,0) - 6 4.Billy Hamill (1,f,2,1/e,1,1) - 6 5.Josh Larsen (-,-,-,0,-,-) - 0 | ![]() 6.Chris Louis (3,1,3,3,1,1) - 12 7.Carl Stonehewer (1,-,e,-,0,0) - 1 8.Joe Screen (1,0,0,0,-,3) 4+2 9.Mark Loram (2,3,2/0,1,2,2) - 12 10.Andy Smith (-,0,-,-,0,-) - 0 |
Australia win Championship. United States third after Sam Ermolenko beat Joe Screen in a race off.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "FIM SPEEDWAY WORLD CUP/ SPEEDWAY OF NATIONS" (PDF). Motor Sport Top 20. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "1999 WORLD TEAM CUP". International Speedway. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
- ^ "World Team Cup 1960-1990". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ "Speedway". Scotland on Sunday. 3 October 1999. Retrieved 22 December 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.